Clive Owen Quotes

You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.

I always want my options to be open.

I'm always very aware of the physical challenges of work. I train much more than I did when I was in my twenties, and I've done some very physical films, and I always get properly prepared for them and get as fit as I can.

Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.

You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.

The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.

I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.

I have a problem with a lot of men's fragrances because they are very strong. Somebody somewhere thinks that masculine means powerful smells, and I find them overbearing and not very pleasant.

A huge part of acting in movies is appetite. You do your best work when you've got a lot of appetite and you really want to embrace something. When you get tired, you don't have that hunger.

I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.

As far as career goes, make sure you're in it for the right reasons - and make sure that the work itself is the most important thing.

Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.

I find sometimes that if you do too many takes, it starts to become meaningless to me. It is hard to sustain it for me. I don't want to do too many.

I can honestly say I've never chosen a film because where it's shot is convenient.

If you are making a script based on a book it can be frustrating going back to the source novel, because you're turning the story into a totally different thing; the narrative of film is different from that of a book.

I guess I'm not that metrosexual. My bathroom cabinet is hardly overflowing with products. I only really have my stuff for shaving. I can't honestly say I moisturise, though I probably should.

You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.

The further you run from your sins, the more exhausted you are when they catch up to you.

I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.

For me really good acting is about subtext.

Acting is all about likability.

I always used to say to myself, I'm going to die of lung cancer. That's the choice I'm making.

Good dialogue is very important.

After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.

For an actor, it's very important to get a clear idea of what a director wants, and their intention for what they want to get out of a scene and how they want to shoot it. Having that knowledge is really valuable, for an actor. It means you can deliver more.

I did it for the money. But its not worth much if you cant face yourself in the mirror. Respect is the ultimate currency.

It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.

The theater's a live thing, and film is, to some extent, a discipline where you're putting everything together and trying to execute something exactly. You do it away from people and then you present it at the end.

I am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan.

As a teenager I was crazy about David Bowie. He was a huge inspiration for me. I dressed a little bit crazily in school and dyed my hair every colour under the sun.

The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never seen any of my characters as baddies.

I had to ride a horse once. In 'King Arthur.' I said I could ride, but I had to call for lessons on the day the deal was signed. I started out on this little chunky thing and slowly moved up. It was months of work.

Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd.

Rudeness can make me angry.

When there's an idiot driving crazily in front of you, that can wind the best of you up.

If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.

Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.

As I get older, I've been having a better and better time.

I was at the birth of my two girls.

Obviously, I'm attracted to heavier movies.

The financial implode is bound to be reflected in the movies that are being made, there's no question.

I can't remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven't done most of it.

I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar.

I go off and make movies; I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls.

I was very keen on playing a victim.

There's certainly a huge element of luck in me ending up where I've ended up.